These are my recs under 50 plays:
https://backloggd.com/games/pigments/
https://backloggd.com/games/nine-witches-family-disruption/
https://backloggd.com/games/a-little-golf-journey/

https://backloggd.com/games/sugoi-hebereke/
https://backloggd.com/games/16-ways-to-kill-a-vampire-at-mcdonalds/
https://backloggd.com/games/the-adventures-of-bertram-fiddle-episode-1-a-dreadly-business/

@thealexmott Great stuff! Thanks!!

Some stuff in my 4-5 stars that are under 50 plays:

https://www.backloggd.com/games/attack-of-the-mutant-penguins/
https://www.backloggd.com/games/decathlete/
https://www.backloggd.com/games/odell-down-under/
https://www.backloggd.com/games/terror-trax-track-of-the-vampire/
https://www.backloggd.com/games/tetris-with-cardcaptor-sakura-eternal-heart/
https://www.backloggd.com/games/assault-rigs/
https://www.backloggd.com/games/running-wild/
https://www.backloggd.com/games/granada/
https://www.backloggd.com/games/monster-maulers/

Definitely saving this to play some of these later! Some that I have logged are:
https://www.backloggd.com/games/thy-creature/
https://www.backloggd.com/games/white-lavender/
https://www.backloggd.com/games/bright-tracer/
https://www.backloggd.com/games/diadra-empty/
https://www.backloggd.com/games/eldervale/ (this one is pretty jank but I like it)
https://www.backloggd.com/games/mythic-ocean/

Some good stuff:
https://www.backloggd.com/games/where-cards-fall/
https://www.backloggd.com/games/the-devils-imago/
https://www.backloggd.com/games/toe-ii-toe/
https://www.backloggd.com/games/tricky-keys/
https://www.backloggd.com/games/windowkill/
https://www.backloggd.com/games/neotrogla/
https://www.backloggd.com/games/hana-feels/

Haven't played too many under 50 plays but these ones were neat
https://backloggd.com/games/nebs-n-debs/
https://backloggd.com/games/ravens-hike/

Actually there's a bunch in my backlog that seem interesting too
https://backloggd.com/games/the-captain/
https://backloggd.com/games/clam-man/
https://backloggd.com/games/linkle-liver-story/

Haven't played any of these (yet) but they seem cool
https://www.backloggd.com/games/transcendpang/
https://www.backloggd.com/games/bokuten-why-i-became-an-angel/
https://www.backloggd.com/games/cell-of-empireo/
https://www.backloggd.com/games/i-slash-o/
bottom 2 are technically above 50 plays but their only at like 60 so idk, figured i'd put them here just in case

Operation Darkness was actually kind of sick tbh

@Vee @hilda @MrWarm @Baird @zan3tr These are awesome y'all! Thanks for so many great recs! :)

@_YALP It looks amazing, definitely near the top of my list for 360 games!

here's my most interesting under 50:
https://www.backloggd.com/games/cracking-the-cryptic/
https://www.backloggd.com/games/truss/
https://www.backloggd.com/games/fake-illusions/
https://www.backloggd.com/games/aero-porter/
https://www.backloggd.com/games/the-fantastic-game/
https://www.backloggd.com/games/anodia/

@tdstr oh gosh Aero Porter!! I've been meaning to check out the Guild01 games foreverrrr

GBA version specifically, very underrated lite Metroidvania.
https://www.backloggd.com/games/the-legend-of-spyro-the-eternal-night--2/

@Drawdler awesome!

1) this is such a great list thank you

2) i love your username

https://www.backloggd.com/games/orthodox/

And

https://www.backloggd.com/games/sleepy-in-saigon/

https://www.backloggd.com/games/sisyphus/ I'm surprised it's not more known, given the name. Only 4 plays as of the time of writing this!

https://backloggd.com/games/vision-soft-reset/ cool metroidvania with only 30 plays
https://backloggd.com/games/razed/ fun speedrunner platformer with only 14 plays

https://www.backloggd.com/games/pokemon-grape/
https://backloggd.com/games/tea-for-god/
https://backloggd.com/games/starbot/
https://backloggd.com/games/lunatic-dawn-passage-of-the-book/
https://backloggd.com/games/gaball-screen/
https://backloggd.com/games/monkey-barrels/

atama, hexcraft, hungry ghosts, and neon struct are all awesome. i have a list full of games with <50 ratings that you can grab some stuff off of if you want
https://backloggd.com/u/pronounspronouns/list/totally-wicked-english-playable-saturn-games-your-ass-hasnt-played/
also, i recommend adding these:

https://backloggd.com/games/liyla-and-the-shadows-of-war/
https://backloggd.com/games/front-mission-alternative/
https://backloggd.com/games/getter-love-chou-renai-party-game-tanjou/
https://backloggd.com/games/iron-angel-of-the-apocalypse/
https://backloggd.com/games/mr-maze/
https://backloggd.com/games/death-crimson-ox/
https://backloggd.com/games/winback-2-project-poseidon/
https://backloggd.com/games/steamboy/
https://backloggd.com/games/bomb-dolls/
https://backloggd.com/games/angel-at-dusk/
https://backloggd.com/games/traumakt-4-dot-sexe/
https://backloggd.com/games/traumacore-violence/
https://backloggd.com/games/postal-2-eternal-damnation/
https://backloggd.com/games/nightmare--8/
https://backloggd.com/games/gulman-3d/
https://backloggd.com/games/lacuna-iii/
https://backloggd.com/games/lorraine/
https://backloggd.com/games/extreme-paintbrawl/
https://backloggd.com/games/animorphs/
https://backloggd.com/games/victim-doll--1/
https://backloggd.com/games/bellular-hexatosis/

those are some of my faves. ciao!

idk how to make the links works soz

Very nice list, I will be researching these games

Interesting list. Only thing I'd add is that Consortium : The Tower is an early access game sequel to the underrated Consortium 2014, and it hasn't been updated or worked on in years. Supposedly the studio is going to go back to it after their current project remastering (ugh) the original, but I wouldnt hold my breath...

@lpslucasps Chega aqui!

i'd recommend keepin it under 50 tbh

@Dizzy @Lemonstrade @Wollom @dishy @pronounspronouns Thanks so much for the great recs y'all! This list is really coming together now :)

@frommybed Thanks a ton! Djungelskog is my beloved <3

@Moogetsuu Awesome! That's what it's here for ;)

@LordDarias Yeah, I debated putting it on here for that reason, really frustrating situation. The first game was very cool from what I played of it and The Tower is one I've been looking forward to a full release from for nearly a decade. Sadly it doesn't seem to be at all popular and it feels like the devs might lack motivation to finish it :(

@pronounspronouns Yeah, the list is already pretty huge as is! And don't worry about the links, it should be an automatic thing, but it's not too hard to open them regardless :)

thank you for hosting my mysterious and unkowable games on your list and also for making the list at all because its cool